Clarence Thomas Quotes
I recalled the ants I had watched as a child on the farm, building their hills one grain of sand at a time, only to have them senselessly destroyed in an instant by a passing foot. I'd pieced my life together the same way, slowly and agonizingly. Would it, too, be kicked callously into dust?
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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I know this sounds terribly shallow, but I've been mapping out my outfits for the next day every day since I was little, even before high school.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
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Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.
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I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.
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The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
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But to us, probability is the very guide of life.
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The greatest human attainment in all the world is for a life to be so surrendered to Him that the name of God Almighty will be glorified through that life.
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I try to be measured and thoughtful about what I put out there because I know a lot of young people follow me on Twitter, and I take that seriously - which is why I don't exclusively tweet about cookies and 'Game of Thrones' and YA.
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I recalled the ants I had watched as a child on the farm, building their hills one grain of sand at a time, only to have them senselessly destroyed in an instant by a passing foot. I'd pieced my life together the same way, slowly and agonizingly. Would it, too, be kicked callously into dust?
